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Discerning ecosystem change and food web dynamics underlying anthropogenic eutrophication and the introduction of non-native species is necessary for ensuring the long-term sustainability of fisheries and lake...
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Adaptive radiations have been instrumental in generating a considerable amount of life’s diversity. Ecological opportunity is thought to be a prerequisite for adaptive radiation1, but little is known about the re...
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Water Quality Degradation in Urban Rivers of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Changes, Status, and Causes
Water quality degradation of urban rivers has become a serious constraint to the sustainable development of big cities in sub-Saharan Africa, and few systematic quantitative studies have been conducted on this...
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Accumulation characteristics and ecological implications of heavy metals in surface sediments of the Mwanza Gulf, Lake Victoria
The distribution of As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb, and Zn and their fraction characteristics (except Hg) were investigated in surface sediments of the Mwanza Gulf, Lake Victoria. The ecological risks, bioavailabi...
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Rapid Evolutionary Responses in Cichlids: Genetics of Adaptation, Morphology and Taxonomic Implications
The haplochromine cichlids of Lake Victoria exhibit the fastest adaptive radiation of vertebrates known. Species identification of these lacustrine cichlids has been subject of debate for many years. Over the ...
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The Consequences of Anthropogenic Stressors on Cichlid Fish Communities: Revisiting Lakes Victoria, Kyoga, and Nabugabo
Lakes Victoria, Kyoga, and Nabugabo (“the Lake Victoria region”) are remarkable for hosting one of the largest assemblages of cichlid fishes among the African inland lakes. Here, we review the role and severit...
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The ecological and genomic basis of explosive adaptive radiation
Speciation rates vary considerably among lineages, and our understanding of what drives the rapid succession of speciation events within young adaptive radiations remains incomplete1–11. The cichlid fish family p...
